Accounts Receivable Clerk

GENERAL SUMMARY:

RPM’s Specialty Products Group (“SPG”) is seeking to hire an Accounts Receivable Clerk to join our newly created Accounting Center of Excellence (“CoE”) based in Hickory, NC. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone to learn about SPG’s business, develop your accounting skillsets and provide clerical support with various departmental accounting duties with the accuracy and speed necessary to enable management to make critical business decisions in a dynamic business environment.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Daily Invoicing:

· Verify and insure accuracy and correct processing of all auto emailed invoices

· Accurately review declined credit card report to include removing declined credit card invoices to insure AR Supervisor is advised and invoices are not mailed

· Query, process and retrieve invoice transactions for all company branches

· Print, sort and distribute invoices as per established process

2. Perform credit card transactions

· Knowledge of virtual transaction terminal

· Balance daily transactions

· Keep accurate files and transaction confidential

· Contact appropriate internal department(s)/personnel of approved credit card transactions

3. Backup AR department co-workers and assist department as directed to include:

· Collections

· Credit Applications

· Sales Tax Exemption Certificates

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience and Education Required

· Two-year degree or equivalent work experience within the accounting field

Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

· Proficient user of ten-key

· Working knowledge of Excel and MS Word

· Calculate discounts, deductions and percentages as needed/required and/or directed

· Read and analyze customer accounts and electronic notes within company systems

· Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

· Microsoft Dynamics 365 preferred, but not required.

Reasoning Ability

· Timely resolution in problem solving with customer accounts

· Identify errors in customer accounts

· Analyze problems and errors for accurate resolution

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is required to sit for extended periods of time, stand and use hands to grasp, handle and feel. The employee is required to walk, bend, stoop and talk or hear. Employee may on occasion be required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Normal office environment

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No